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J Burn Care Rehabil · May 2000
Case ReportsBiodebridement: a case report of maggot therapy for limb salvage after fourth-degree burns.
- N Namias, J E Varela, R P Varas, O Quintana, and C G Ward.
- Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center, Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla. 33101, USA.
- J Burn Care Rehabil. 2000 May 1;21(3):254-7.
AbstractThe wound healing and antimicrobial properties of maggots are well known. Maggot debridement therapy has been used for the treatment of various conditions. For maggot debridement therapy, the larvae of the blowfly are applied over necrotic or nonhealing wounds. We used maggot debridement therapy with the larvae of Phaenicia sericata for limb salvage after bilateral lower extremity fourth-degree burns.
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